Rare Tornado Warning In Hawaii

This came in on the automatic warning software a bit ago:

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1241 PM HST SAT DEC 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY

* UNTIL 115 PM HST

* AT 1234 PM HST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KAUMAKANI...OR 24 MILES
WEST OF LIHUE...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KEKAHA AT 1245 PM HST
WAIMEA AT 1250 PM HST
HANAPEPE AT 1250 PM HST
6 MILES SOUTH OF HANALEI AT 115 PM HST

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 2248 15946 2233 15921 2176 15965 2185 15981
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 211DEG 29KT 2189 15968

$$
KODAMA

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One Dead in Miami County-KS Crash

A yet-unidentified male is dead after a 1-vehicle crash at Kansas (K)-68 and Somerset Road in rural Miami County around 2:50am Saturday morning..

The vehicle reportedly caught fire after the crash and the driver was trapped inside- where he was reported deceased by EMS on the scene at 3:07am...

KSHB photojournalist Micheal Butler told me it appeared the man was driving north on Somerset and didn't stop at the T-intersection- then slammed into a rock embankment on the north side of K-68.

The official report and a press release is pending.

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Kansas City Christmas 2008 Video Series: Mid-Southwestern KC-MO Lights

Continuing in our series of Kansas City and area Christmas light displays- the following YouTube presentation are of 8 short videos shot hours after K.C.'s first significant snowfall of this season on Tuesday.
The location is in the KC-MO area of West 68th & 69th Streets between Wornall and Ward Parkway.

CSW thanks the homeowners association and the dwellers alike for sharing this with your fellow Metro Kansas Citians.

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Bankers Got Hollered At Less Than Auto Makers

Watching our wonderful Congress grilling the corporate heads seeking American taxpayer welfare- my perception was that the automakers got beat over the head much worse than the bankers did.

The automakers (DUH!) MAKE THINGS while the bankers make nothing but money. The automakers are asking but a FRACTION of the bailout windfall the bankers got and continue to get as US government printing presses work at critical mass to produce increasingly-worthless dollars.

Yeah okay- UAW members make a lot of money- is that purely the worker's fault- or the union's for that matter?

Sure- concessions are necessary- but their burden should never be squarely on the shoulders of the labor force.

Politicians need to take this grilling of auto company CEOs back to the welfare bankers. If Congress lets the American auto makers fail- then Congress has failed America IMHO.

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Crazy Mix of Colours On NWS U.S. Warning Map

By clicking on the image below- you can see the current watches and warnings in effect across the contiguous-48 United States.

Note the blizzard warnings covering virtually all of the Dakotas and nearby states.

This is the leading edge of the Arctic air mass that will roll into Metro Kansas City late Sunday.

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K.C. Metro WEATHER: Nice Weekend - Frigid Monday

An Arctic air mass will slide down over the Central States beginning Sunday in Nebraska and Iowa- into the K.C. Metro Sunday night- then the cold air settles south toward Arkansas and Oklahoma.

First the good news- temperatures will reach around the 50-degree mark Saturday- possibly in the 50's on Sunday.

The Arctic front is forecast to move through Metro K.C. Sunday evening. Precipitation is likely with the frontal passage starting as rain- then possibly becoming sleet or freezing rain before changing to snow.

Right now any accumulations in the Metro look to be light- on the order of Tuesday's storm at worse.

However- once the Arctic air mass becomes entrenched here- weak storm systems passing along the southern edge of the cold may produce periods of snow in the MetroRegion.

There are chances for snow Tuesday off and on through Thursday. It's too far out right now to make any attempts predicting any accumulations for next week- but it will be below-average temperature-wise through the weekend after next.

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KCTV-5 To Drop Metro Sports

According to local media sources- KCTV-5 the local CBS affiliate is dropping Time-Warner's Metro Sports.

KCTV contracted with Metro Sports in 2003 to provide Channel 5's sports coverage. The station dropped their sports department in doing so.

Now it's reported that KMBC-9 is in talks with Metro Sports to possibly provide the ABC affiliate the same services Metro Sports provided to KCTV.

Which means NFL Hall of Fame quarterback/sportscaster Len Dawson MAY be retiring very soon....

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Joe Miller On KCUR

Former press aide to Mayor Mark Funkhouser- Joe Miller- is on KCUR FM 89.3 at this time.

Miller is describing the difficulties he had with the Mayor's wife- Gloria Squitiro.

The interview is NOT complimentary to the Mayor or his wife and is also addressing Miller's breach of ethics while working for the Mayor.

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Christmas In Kansas City 2008 - The Plaza Lights

In our continued task to document Kansas City's varied and lovely Christmas lights- here are videos of the Country Club Plaza lights.

These were shot on the evening of December 9- hours after K.C.'s first significant snowfall of the season.

We apologize for the wind noise on some of the videos- we'll edit those out over time and add Christmas music to the audio portion.

But we wanted to get these vids up to share with our fellow citizens. The other 6 videos of our Plaza drive can be found HERE- on YouTube's CaptGSpaulding channel.

Coming soon are more Christmas light display videos- West 68th & 69th Streets in KC-MO..

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Capitol Federal Savings Bank Featured On NBC's Today Show

Of all the thousands of banks that succumbed to the lure of fast easy money during the mortgage meltdown- NBC found one MetroRegion bank that didn't: Capitol Federal Savings and Loan (Cap Fed) based in Topeka-KS..

Cap Fed was featured this morning on a Today Show segment as Matt Lauer was curious to find which banks in America did NOT need Federal bailout money.

NBC reported that not only has Cap Fed avoided the pitfalls of sub-prime mortgages- but has actually seen a 40% rise in Cap Fed stock when many major bank stocks became virtually worthless paper.

Damn good job- Capitol Federal Savings & Loan!

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Metro Gasoline Below $1.30 Per Gallon

This gas price sign was shot yesterday at the Vallero station at Noland Road & Walnut in Independence-MO..
Enjoy these prices while you can and go see some Christmas lights!

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